Africa

• 12 June 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Massacre in South Kivu: it is not land conflict but clash among local politicians Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - Thirty-one dead and 29 injured. This is the toll of the assault committed by a group of armed men in the village of Mutarule, in the Ruzizi Plain, in South Kivu (eastern Democratic Republic of ...
• 12 June 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICA - The Archbishop of Bangui brings aid to 600 Muslims fleeing violence Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "The flight of the Muslims from Central Africa is a serious problem. If we do not want Christians to assimilate those who have hurt them, they must be helped by Christians. We need to act quickly ...
• 11 June 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops: "necessary to ensure the rights of all religions throughout the Country" Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Religion is a powerful social force, but it can be used for both good and evil. The role that the political system assigns to religion has a lot to do with the impact it can have on the nation, f ...
• 11 June 2014
  AFRICA - Economics and Finance: Is Africa the continent of the future? Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Nigeria is the largest promising market for investments of European and American multinationals. This was stated in a study conducted by the Wall Street Journal on the Frontier Markets Sentiment In ...
• 10 June 2014
  AFRICA/ERITREA - "A desolated and grief-stricken Country, this is why the population flees", denounce the Bishops Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no need to emigrate if one lives in a decent Country" say the Bishops of Eritrea in a 36 page pastoral letter, written on the occasion of the anniversary of the independence of the Coun ...
• 10 June 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Yes to amnesty for Boko Haram, as long as there is sincere repentance and compensation for the victims" says Cardinal Onaiyekan Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the duty of government to ensure justice and enforce good order normally entails punishing criminals, this may at times not exclude offering pardon and amnesty", said Cardinal John Oloru ...
• 9 June 2014
  AFRICA/EGYPT - New President al-Sisi enhances the role of the Coptic Church in the past and present of the nation Cairo (Agenzia Fides) - On the day of his oath as the new President of Egypt, former General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi paid tribute with demanding words with regards to the role carried out by the Coptic Church in the past an ...
• 9 June 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Appeal for the release of 900 hostages, including three Assumptionist fathers kidnapped in 2012 Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "For the people, priority is the fight against the Ugandan ADF-NALU rebels who have kidnapped at least 894 people, of whom there has been no news", said a representative of civil society in Nor ...
• 6 June 2014
  AFRICA/SOMALIA - Children under 5 years of age malnourished and at risk of infectious diseases Mogadishu (Agenzia Fides) - About 857 000 Somalis are in need of immediate aid, while more than 2 million are facing food insecurity due to drought, poor harvests and ongoing armed conflicts in the Country. Children are ...
• 6 June 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - "Boko Haram threatens the unity of the army", says Cardinal Onaiyekan to Fides Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - "The problem of Boko Haram threatens to undermine the unity of the Nigerian armed forces, especially if one gets to the point of interpreting what is happening in northern Nigeria as a religious c ...
• 6 June 2014
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - The Bishops announce six months of prayer for peace in Nigeria Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nigeria are proposing an initiative of national prayer, from July to December, to restore peace in the Country, put to the test because of the violence of Boko Haram. According to a ...
• 5 June 2014
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - "Let’s help the people to help each other", says the President of the Episcopal Conference Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is close to the people especially helping them to help each other, creating networks of solidarity. Our action is addressed especially to the family. We make sure that groups of familie ...
• 5 June 2014
  AFRICA/GUINEA - Ebola outbreak in West Africa Conakry (Agenzia Fides) - Ebola outbreak that had already hit Guinea in April (see Fides 01/04/2014) is now spreading in Sierra Leone. The number of confirmed cases in Guinea in recent weeks has increased. On May 30, acc ...
• 4 June 2014
  AFRICA/CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - New attacks against medical facilities and teams who work in Ndélé Bangui (Agenzia Fides) - "We are appalled by the aggression that our teams are being subjected to", reads a statement of the medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF), sent to Fides Agency, after ne ...
• 4 June 2014
  AFRICA/CONGO DR - Congolese expelled from Brazzaville: the two governments form a committee to verify human rights violations Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, the capital Kinshasa) and the Republic of the Congo (capital Brazzaville) have formed a joint commission to investigate human rights violations commit ...